Mattress and mattress boxing



June 3, 1930.

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Patented June 3, 1930 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LOUIS E. PITTONI, OF JAMAICA, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO THE ROME COMPANY, INC., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK MATTRESS AND MATTRESS BOXING- Applicationfiled May 19, 1928. Seria1,No."279,188.

5 so-called roll edges produced by stitching diagonally through the corners around the top and the bottom. Since the mattress material is comparatively soft the rib-like roll' edges sag and are otherwise easily deformed thus detracting from the appearance of the mattress. present invention is toprovide a reinforcing support for a roll edge on a mattress, whereby the roll edge will maintain its original shape indefinitely.

The stitches by means of which a roll edge is produced zigzag back and forth through the corner of the mattress, and not only are visible on the top and bottom and on the 'side wall of the boxing or covering for the mattress, but they also cause the meeting lines between the roll edges and the adjacent walls -of the boxing to be wavy because the material confined in the roll edges "expands between adjacentstitches and produces a lateral bulge. A further object of the present invention is to produce a roll edge in such a manner that the stitches will be invisible whilethe meeting lines between the roll edge and the adjacent walls of the boxing will be straight along the four sides and be joined by smooth curves at the four corners, where the corners of the mattress are rounded. Or, viewed in another aspect, the present invention may be said to have for one of its' objects to'produce a roll edge that will meet the adjacent walls of the boxing along lines such as would be produced by small stitches arranged close together but at the same time invisible.

- The sides of mattress boxings, unless they be padded, are usually simple strips of fabric that may perhaps be provided with a linand therefore they have a tendency to become baggy. A further object of the I present invention is to stiffen and reinforce the sides of a mattress boxing in such a manner that they will tend to remain straight and flat, .without interfering with the com- One of the objects of thepression and expansion of the mattress when in use. a

In carrying out my invention, I provide the boxing with bead-like elements projecting from the same. These'elements may be in the form of cords of various sizes either concealed behind or underneath the boxing walls'or sewed to the exterior of such walls. In either case, the beading may serve to ornament and thus improve the appearance of a mattress. The various features of novelt whereby my invention is characterized w ll hereinafter be pointed out with particularity in the claims; but, for a full understanding of my invention and of its objects and advantages, reference may be had to the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, wherein:

' Figure 1 is a top plan view of a corner of a mattress constructed in accordance with my invention in one of its forms; Fig. 2 is a side view of .that part of the mattress shown in Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse section, on a larger scale, through one side of the mattress shown in Figs. 1 and 2; Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 1, showing another embodiment of my invention; Fig. 5 is a section taken on line 5-5 of Fig. 4, on a much. larger scale; Fig. 6 is a side elevation of a fragment of a mattress arranged in accordance with a still further form of my invention; Figs. 7, Sand 9 are elevations of fragments of strips adapted to'form the sides of a mattress boxing, showing still other forms of my-invention; Fig. 10 is a section, on an enlarged scale, taken on line 10-10 of Fig. 9; and Fig. 11 is a view similarto Fig.10, showing a modified arrangement.v I

Referring to Figs."1, 2 and 3 of the drawing, 1 and 2 represent the top and bottom walls or sheets of a mattress boxing, and 3 the sides. The boxing is stuffed with cushioning material 4 of any usual or preferred form and arrangement. Edge 'rolls 5 and 6' are formed around the top and the bottom of the mattress by means of the usual diagonal stitchin indicated at 7. On the side walls 0 the fiat, while the outer strip inspection of F' mattress are placed what may be termed beads; there being two beads 8 and 9 lying close together on opposite sides of the line of stitching to produce the top edge roll and extending entirely around the mattress. When thestitches are drawn taut to compress the material of the mattress in formivpfilthe top edge roll, the two beads 8 and 9 be drawn together, concealing .the stitches where they pass through the sides of the boxing. The beads also form a stiffener and support along the base of the roll edge, so that the latter will not sag but will always retain its initial shape and will return to its initial condition when the mattress is relieved of the weight of a person who has been resting upon the same.

The beads 10 and 11 bear the same relation to the bottom edge roll as do the beads 8 and 9 to the top edge roll.

Other beads, such as indicated at 12 and 13, may extend along the sides of the boxing parallel with and in spacedrelation to the beads 8 to 11; thus ornamenting and reinforcing the central portions of the sides of the boxing.

The beads may be produced in various ways. In the arran ement shown in Fig. 3, each bead consists 0% a heavy cord 14 sewed between the material of which the sides of the mattress is made, and a lining 15 for such sides. In assembling the cords and the two sheets of fabric, the lining is preferably held so that it will remain substantially or sheet 3 is given permit it to pass thus producing prothe necessary fullness to over the several cords, jectin ridges or beads.

As st shown in Fig. 1, it will be seen that the roll ed e has an uneven appearance due to the pulling action of the stitches 7 at comparativel widely separated intervals. This uneven e ect is avoided around the sides of the mattress, as is apparent from g. 2, by reason of the resence of the beads 8 and 9. In another orm of my invention, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5, I have provided the top and bottom. of the mattress boxing with beads 17 and 18 lying 1n the same positions with respect to the lines of stitching in the top and bottom walls as do the beads 8 and 9 and the beads 10 and 11 with respect to the lines of stitching in the sides of the boxing. The result is that the stitches in the top and bottom of the boxing are concealed between the beads 17 and 18, and, since the beads provide a certain amount of stiffness, the cross-section of each edge roll will be uniform through} out its entire length and the uneveness or bulging effect apparent in the ordinary mattress is entirely avoided.

In Fig. 6' there is illustrated a mattress of any usual or suitable construction in which the edge rolls 20 and 21 are formed in any usual way, while the sides 22 of the boxin are provided with any desired number 0% parallel beads 23 extending continuously around the mattress.

In Fig. 7 there is shown a sheet or strip 24: adapted to form the sides of a mattress boxing, the strip or sheet being provided with a bead 25 extending lengthwise thereof in gradual reversed curves.

In Fig. 8 a strip or sheet 26 adapted to form the sides of a mattress boxing is provided with a bead 27 extending lengthwise thereof in reversed curves, of comparatively small radius.

In' Figs. 9 and 10, the strip or sheet 28 that is to form the sides of a mattress boxing has one or more beads in the form of cords 29, preferably ornamental in character, sewed' to the outer side by means of stitches 30. Instead of employin stitches such as shown in Fig. 10, the cord, such as indicated at 31 in Fig. 11, may be sewed to the fabric 32 by stitching 33 extending entirely through the cord down the longitudinal center of the latter.

It will thus be seen that in my improved mattress, in its most highly developed form, the stitching required to produce the edge rolls is concealed the edge rolls are and remain uniform in cross-section throughout their lengths; and the mattress as a whole has a permanent shape of definite design, heretofore impossible on account of the character of the materials employed in making a mattress. The extent of the advantages secured by the use of my invention depends upon the de ree! to which the several features therec are employed. If only ornamentation and a stiffening of the sides of the boxing is desired, beads in the central zone of the strip for the sides of the boxing will suffice. So, also, the stitches on both sides of an edge roll, or on-only one side thereof, may be concealed, and the concealing means may or may not serve as a stifi'ener; the beads being ordinarily stiffening means although they may in some cases serve simply to conceal the stitches.

While I have illustrated and described with particularity only a single preferred form' of my invention, I do not desire to be 7 limited to the ,exact structural details thus illustrated and described; but intend to cover all forms and arrangements which come Within the definitions of my invention constituting the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A side wall for a mattress boxing comprising a fabric strip having two cord-like stiffening beads extending lengthwise thereof close to each other at a short distance from each long edge of the strip.

2. A side wall for a mattress boxing comprising a fabric strip having a plurality of cord-like stiffening beads extending lengthwise thereof, there being near each long edge ing to produce corner rolls one margin of each of which includes one of the beads.

4. A mattress comprising a core and a boxing therefor, a pair of beads placed close together extending around the top and another pair around the bottom a short distance from the edges of the boxing, other pairs of similar beads extending along the sides of the boxing a short distance from the top and a short distance from the bottom, and stitching extending diagonally through the corners of the mattress around the top and the bottom to form roll edges, the stitching passing through the boxing between the beads of each adjacent pair and being concealed thereby.

5. A mattress comprising a core and a boxing therefor, two beads placed close together extending along the sides and the top and bottom of the boxing a short distance from and parallel with the upper and lower corners of the mattress, and stitching passing diagonally through the mattress near the said corners to form edge rolls, stitching entering and leaving the Walls of the boxing between the beads of the adjacent pairs.

6. A mattress comprising a core and a boxing therefor, stitching passing throu h the side walls and diagonally through t e corner of the mattress and the top andbottom of the boxing to produce edge rolls, and cords on the boxing extending along and adjacent to at least certain of the lines containing the points at which said stitches enter and leave the mattress.

7. In a mattress comprising a core and a boxing therefor and having stitching extending diagonally through the cornersfo boxing therefor, narrow heav tending around the sides of-t e boxing a.

form edge rolls, narrow cord-like stiffening beadsprojecting outwardly fromthe plane of the boxing along and adjacent to at least certain of the lines containing the points at which the stitches enter and leave the boxing.

8. A mattress comprising a core and a cords exshort distance from the top and bottom of the mattress, and stitching passing through said sides close to said cords and iagonally through the corners of the mattress and the a core and a the top and bottom of the boxing to produce edge rolls.

In testimony whereof I sign this specification.

LOUIS E. PITTONI. 

